Enlightenment Thinkers
Industrial Revolution
Essential Terms
Revolutions
Forms of Government
100

This English philosopher believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.

John Locke

100

This invention revolutionized transportation and powered factories.

Steam Engine

100

A government where the power is in the hands of the people.

Democracy

100

This war led to the creation of the United States.

American Revolution

100

A government where citizens elect representatives to make decisions.

Representative Democracy

200

This philosopher wrote The Spirit of the Laws and advocated for the separation of powers.

Montesquieu

200

The Industrial Revolution began in this country.

Great Britain

200

A system where a king or queen has total control.

Absolute Monarchy

200

This revolution overthrew the monarchy in France.

French Revolution 

200

A government controlled by a single leader with absolute power.

Dictatorship

300

This thinker believed in the social contract and that government should reflect the general will.

Rousseau

300

This economic system developed during industrialization, emphasizing private business.

Capitalism

300

The belief that a nation should be ruled by its own people, often leading to independence movements.

Nationalism

300

This English revolution in 1688 established a constitutional monarchy.

Glorious Revolution

300

A government ruled by religious leaders.

Theocracy

400

He believed in absolute monarchy but argued that people give up some rights for security.

Hobbes

400

The shift from hand production to machines is called this.

Industrialization

400

The spread of products and ideas across the world is known as this.

Globalization

400

List parts (in order) of the FEVER model.

Incubation, Symptomatic, Crisis, and Convalescence 

400

A government where a small group has control, often a ruling class.

Oligarchy

500

This Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration of Independence with his ideas on government and revolution.

Locke

500

A system where everything is controlled by the state.

Communism

500

Mass murder of a race or ethnic group

Genocide

500

This 1789 event symbolized the beginning of the French Revolution.

Storming of the Bastille

500

A government where power is shared between a monarch and elected officials.

Constitutional Monarchy

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